December 28, 2014, 7:07AM

The U.S. can expect to ring in 2015 with more headaches from the Islamic State, Vladimir Putin, cyber hackers, and controversies over the Guantanamo Bay prison and the CIA's brutal interrogations of suspected foreign terrorists. Full story »

December 18, 2014, 2:00PM

By Tim Nesbitt Something had been missing in our country's long and dispiriting debate over torture that the Senate Intelligence Committee's report brought to the fore last week. We had heard the ardent assertion that torture is morally wrong and incompatible with our values. We had wrestled with the cold pragmatism of arguments over whether the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques"... Full story »

December 16, 2014, 10:04AM

By Ruth Marcus WASHINGTON -- Does Dick Cheney matter? Are the former vice president's comments on the torture report worth dissecting? Some friends, as I mused the other day about what topic to tackle, argued no: Cheney is history. Too easy a target. Enough about torture. What about a nice holiday column? But Cheney's torture remarks are both too outrageous... Full story »

December 13, 2014, 3:01PM

By David Ignatius WASHINGTON -- The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's use of torture was immensely valuable. But it should have addressed Congress' own failure to oversee these activities more effectively. By giving lawmakers a pass, Sen. Dianne Feinstein weakened the very process of accountability her report was meant to enhance. Feinstein was brave in resisting pressure... Full story »

December 11, 2014, 12:20PM

To those torture apologists (whether they be Cheney, Brennan or people commenting on this board) who say that release of the torture report will endanger Americans, I say you are wrong. Absolutely wrong. What endangered Americans was the war based on lies in Iraq, what happened at Abu Ghraib, what happened and continues to happen at Guantanamo and, yes, what... Full story »

December 09, 2014, 3:58PM

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who helped lead Senate Intelligence Committee efforts to investigate the CIA's use of torture, said he hoped the resulting report would deter future U.S. efforts to resort to torture. Full story »

December 09, 2014, 1:06PM

How naive! Today we can all act stunned to “discover” that our government used “enhanced interrogation techniques” that may have constituted “torture” against its enemies. Sure, we’re now getting previously hidden details and it is virtually impossible for any fair-minded person to suggest that our officials and agents acted within the law. But really, anyone who actually cared would... Full story »

December 09, 2014, 8:58AM

Tactics included weeks of sleep deprivation, slapping and slamming of detainees against walls, confining them to small boxes, keeping them isolated for prolonged periods and threatening them with death. Three detainees faced the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding. Many developed psychological problems. Full story »

April 04, 2014, 1:00PM

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, the senior senator from Oregon, has declared that Americans would be profoundly disturbed by the findings of a Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's detention and interrogation program. We'd like your views. Full story »

April 02, 2014, 1:00PM

Feinstein's investigators gathered 20 cases where CIA documents most frequently cited information gained from interrogation; the investigators scoured intelligence reports and argued that in each case the information could have been obtained without brutal methods. Full story »

April 19, 2013, 6:00PM

Thomas R. Pickering writes: Unfortunately, the U.S. government's use of torture against suspected terrorists, and its failure to fully acknowledge and condemn it, has made the exercise of diplomacy far more daunting. Full story »

January 29, 2013, 2:00PM

Rich Lowry writes: Sens. John McCain, Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin have panned the movie as inaccurate for suggesting that enhanced interrogation, or what its critics call "torture," helped find Osama bin Laden. Full story »

May 18, 2011, 4:23PM

Missing Northwest journalist Dorothy Parvaz was freed by Iranian authorities and Tuesday night called her family from Doha, Qatar. Today, she told the story of her disappearance on Al jazeera. Full story »